Fundamentals of New Testament textual criticism

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. What Is Textual Criticism? Definitions and Aims -- 1.1. Textual Criticism as Textual Reconstruction: The Traditional Model -- 1.2. Textual Criticism as Tracking Textual Transmission: The Sociohisto...

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Authors: Porter, Stanley E. 1956- (Author) ; Pitts, Andrew W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Grand Rapids Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Porter, Stanley E., 1956-, Fundamentals of New Testament textual criticism] (2016) (Boogert, Ernst)
[Rezension von: Porter, Stanley E., 1956-, Fundamentals of New Testament textual criticism] (2018) (Charlesworth, Scott D.)
[Rezension von: Porter, Stanley E., 1956-, Fundamentals of New Testament textual criticism] (2020) (Clarke, Kent D.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B New Testament / Textual criticism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible-New Testament-Criticism, Textual
B Textbook
B Electronic books
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Summary:Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. What Is Textual Criticism? Definitions and Aims -- 1.1. Textual Criticism as Textual Reconstruction: The Traditional Model -- 1.2. Textual Criticism as Tracking Textual Transmission: The Sociohistorical Model -- 1.3. Summary -- 2. Canon: The Domain of New Testament Textual Criticism -- 2.1. Evidence for an Early Canon: The New Testament Canon in the First Three Centuries -- a. Evidence from the New Testament: Canon in the First Century -- b. Early Collections and the Formation of the Canon -- c. Ancient Canonical Lists -- 2.2. The New Testament Canon in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries: Ecumenical Catalogues, Councils, and Codices -- a. Catalogue in Codex Claromontanus -- b. Cheltenham List (Mommsen Catalogue) -- c. Epiphanius -- d. Cyril, Gregory, and Amphilochius -- e. Athanasius's Festal Letter -- f. Latin Vulgate -- g. Rufinus and Pope Innocent -- h. Councils of Hippo and Carthage -- i. Fourth- and Fifth-Century Codices -- 2.3. Canon and Sacred Writings: Problems with Terminology -- 2.4. Summary -- 3. Materials and Methods of Classification -- 3.1. Books and Literacy in the First Century -- 3.2. Writing Materials and the Forms of Ancient Books -- a. Papyrus -- b. Parchment -- c. Scroll -- d. Codex -- 3.3. Writing Styles -- 3.4. Scribal Additions, Alterations, and Aids -- 3.5. Methods of Classifying Materials -- 3.6. Statistics for New Testament Manuscripts -- 3.7. Summary -- 4. The Major Witnesses to the Text of the New Testament -- 4.1. Introducing the Gregory-Aland Numbering System -- 4.2. Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament -- a. Papyri -- b. Majuscules -- c. Minuscules -- d. Lectionaries -- 4.3. Early Versions of the New Testament -- a. Tatian's Diatessaron -- b. Syriac Versions -- c. Latin Versions -- d. Coptic Versions
e. Ethiopic Version -- f. Armenian Version -- 4.4. Patristic Quotations -- 4.5. Summary -- 5. Text-Types -- 5.1. The Use of Text-Types in New Testament Textual Criticism -- 5.2. Individual Text-Types -- a. Alexandrian Text -- b. Western Text -- c. Caesarean Text -- d. Byzantine Text -- 5.3. Summary -- 6. What Is a Textual Variant? Definitions and Boundaries -- 6.1. Readings and Variant-Units -- 6.2. Types of Textual Variation and Text-Critical Significance -- 6.3. Levels of Language and Variant-Unit Boundaries -- 6.4. Summary -- 7. Methodology (1): Modern Text-Critical Methodologies -- 7.1. Stemmatic Approach -- 7.2. Byzantine/Majority Text Approach -- 7.3. Eclectic Methods -- a. Thoroughgoing Eclecticism -- b. Reasoned Eclecticism -- 7.4. Single Text Model -- 7.5. Summary -- 8. Methodology (2): Weighing External Evidence -- 8.1. The Priority of External Evidence -- 8.2. External Criteria -- a. Date and Text-Type -- b. Geographical Distribution -- c. Genealogical Relationship -- 8.3. Summary -- 9. Methodology (3): Weighing Internal Evidence (1): Transcriptional Probabilities -- 9.1. The Genetic Principle -- 9.2. Transcriptional Probabilities -- a. Scribal Errors -- b. Difficult Readings -- c. Shorter and Longer Readings -- d. Less Harmonized Readings -- e. Less Grammatically Refined Readings -- f. Doctrinal Alterations? -- 9.3. Summary -- 10. Methodology (4): Weighing Internal Evidence (2): Intrinsic Probabilities -- 10.1. Stylistic Continuity -- 10.2. Cohesion -- 10.3. Theological and Literary Coherence -- 10.4. Linguistic Conformity -- 10.5. Source Consistency -- 10.6. Summary -- 11. Modern Critical Editions: A Brief History -- 11.1. Critical Editions from Ximénes to Nestle -- 11.2. From Nestle to NA27/28 and UBSGNT4/5 -- 11.3. Summary -- 12. A Guide to the Text and Apparatus of UBSGNT4/5 and NA27/28 -- 12.1. Distinctive Features of NA27/28
a. Inner Margins -- b. Outer Margins -- c. Text and Critical Apparatus -- d. Citation, Orthography, Punctuation, and Font -- 12.2. Distinctive Features of UBSGNT4/5 -- a. Differences in Abbreviation -- b. Critical Apparatus -- c. Discourse Segmentation Apparatus -- d. Reference Apparatus -- e. The UBS Rating System and Textual Optimism -- f. Citation, Orthography, Punctuation, and Font -- 12.3. Summary -- 13. Text and Translation -- 13.1. A Brief History of the English Bible -- 13.2. The Textual Basis of Modern Translations -- 13.3. Presentation of Textual Variation in Translations -- 13.4. Introduction to Translation Theory: Form and Function -- 13.5. Summary -- Appendix: Tools for Further Text-Critical Study -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources
ISBN:1467443212